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Japanese high school students welcomed at AWDC

Wednesday, 29 August, 2012
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On Wednesday August 29, the AWDC welcomed a group of visiting high school students that were victims of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that affected Japan on 11 March 2011.

The students, from the Miyagi prefecture, were invited by Jan Deboutte, Ambassador and currently representing Belgium as President of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research.

At the AWDC they were introduced to the fascinating history of Antwerp and diamonds.

The group of youngsters also visited the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, the world's single bourse for rough diamond trading.

The visit was concluded with a glance behind the scenes of a genuine Antwerp diamond polisher, in the atelier of master polisher Pieter Bombeke.